Broadband slab selection with B mitigation at 7T via parallel spectral‐spatial excitation
Open Access
- 22 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 61 (2), 493-500
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21834
Abstract
Chemical shift imaging benefits from signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) and chemical shift dispersion increases at stronger main field such as 7 Tesla, but the associated shorter radiofrequency (RF) wavelengths encountered require B mitigation over both the spatial field of view (FOV) and a specified spectral bandwidth. The bandwidth constraint presents a challenge for previously proposed spatially tailored B mitigation methods, which are based on a type of echovolumnar trajectory referred to as “spokes” or “fast‐kz”. Although such pulses, in conjunction with parallel excitation methodology, can efficiently mitigate large B inhomogeneities and achieve relatively short pulse durations with slice‐selective excitations, they exhibit a narrow‐band off‐resonance response and may not be suitable for applications that require B mitigation over a large spectral bandwidth. This work outlines a design method for a general parallel spectral‐spatial excitation that achieves a target‐error minimization simultaneously over a bandwidth of frequencies and a specified spatial‐domain. The technique is demonstrated for slab‐selective excitation with in‐plane B mitigation over a 600‐Hz bandwidth. The pulse design method is validated in a water phantom at 7T using an eight‐channel transmit array system. The results show significant increases in the pulse's spectral bandwidth, with no additional pulse duration penalty and only a minor tradeoff in spatial B mitigation compared to the standard spoke‐based parallel RF design. Magn Reson Med 61:493–500, 2009.Keywords
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